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Reducing Exposure to Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Aug 31 11:16am | Replies (157)Comment receiving replies
But why 10 minutes? Even in their literature, I can't find any evidence that 10 minutes is required to kill NTM.
My reason for looking at this issue is that a number of people would like to use electric kettles to boil their water, but these shut off, or at least reduce the heat, after the water boils. Is that adequate to kill NTM and make the water safe?
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I am looking to see if I can find anything on the 10 minutes. It would be so easy if we could just use a kettle.
Please see the article post by Armando, Sept. 16th, by Dr. Joseph Falkinham. He talks about an electric kettle being better at killing NTM than boiling water in a pot. "Reducing Exposure to Nontuberculolus Mycobacteria. I emailed Dr. Falkinham and he said to be sure the water boils for at least 10 minutes to kill NTM.
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Armando asked Dr. Falkinham if electric kettles that automatically shut off will kill NTM. His reply was once the electric kettle reaches a roiling boil, that is sufficient. I I'm working on getting a webinar with Falkinham so we can ask him directly.